Now that Phil Dawson has re-signed with the 49ers for two more seasons, he’ll have to learn the nuances of kicking in their new, $1.3 billion home.

Levi’s Stadium’s wind patterns already have Dawson’s attention as much as the 49ers’ infamous old field, CandlestickPark.

“We’ll see about the wind. I’m definitely going to try to get in there,” Dawson said Tuesday on a media conference call. “I watched the video on 49ers.com the other day, and as everyone was marveling at the (installation) of automatic goal posts, I was just staring at the flags that fluctuated.

“Then I went to weather.com and saw it was only a 10 mph day. That’s kind of the life I live.”

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Grass is expected to be installed at Levi’s Stadium next month, and Dawson should have a couple months to kick off it before the 2014 season begins in September.

Dawson, after 14 seasons with the Browns, proved a phenomenal pick-up last spring for the 49ers. He totaled the second-most field goals in 49ers history (32), including a franchise-record 27 in a row at one point.

He made walk-off field goals in the 49ers’ regular-season finale at Arizona and again the following week in their wild-card playoff win at Green Bay. He made all seven of his field-goal attempts in the playoffs, and 32 of 36 in the regular season.

“There’ll be some adjustments and learning curve going into the new stadium, but that’ll be exciting and fun,” Dawson said. “It’s very similar to the situation I was in last year where I had to go into a new stadium and figure it out. I welcome that challenge. It’s a beautiful place and I look forward to playing in it.”

At 39, Dawson hasn’t put a limit on how much longer he’ll kick, though he said he hasn’t noticed any downward trend yet.

In hammering out his new contract the past couple weeks, Dawson said the 49ers handled negotations in first-class fashion, “even when things got to the point we didn’t see completely eye-to-eye.”

One guy Dawson won’t be seeing in the 49ers locker room anymore is safety Donte Whinter, who fled as a free agent to his native Cleveland – and Dawson’s former team, the Browns.

“If most guys are honest, they have a soft spot in their hearts for their hometowns, and obviously Donte gets to go home,” Dawson said. “One thing I know about Cleveland, when you grow up there, you wear orange and brown. No matter where you go or how far you go on, when you grow up in Cleveland, you’re a Browns fan. I’m sure it’s a special opportunity for Donte.

“We’re going to miss him. He’s a great player. He will be a huge addition to the organization. The thing I love about (the 49ers) organization, when they lose someone, they pick someone up and they certainly did that with Antoine (Bethea). We’re going to keep plugging away and getting better.”